Instead of using the Digital Beeper Settings built into IMail, you can use an external program of your own to handle beeper notifications. The presence of an external program name in the External Program text box enables the external program.
The following information is made available to the external program via the command line.
arg 1: either DN or UP
arg 2: the phone number entered in the Notification options
arg 3: the beeper code as specified in the Notification options
arg 4: the IP address of the host
External program example arguments:
0: beeper.exe 1: DN 2: 8694297 3: 3333 4: 127.0.0.1
0: beeper.exe 1: DN 2: 8694297 3: 2222 4: 127.0.0.1
0:.exe 1: UP 2: 8694297 3: 2222 4: 127.0.0.1
The external program is executed with SW_SHOWMINNOACTIVE.
The external beeper program will not be activated if someone silenced the alarm before the system check is reached.
The UP message will only be sent if the packets lost is greater than system checks when the service comes back up.